Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-08-31

Tne C8Rbufo Oh AEnA@
His Female Companion both
Taken 10 Arizona-rhe Rooms
Occupied by the Couple fn Los
AngeIes--The Accom- pltces.
Los ANGELES, Aug. 2S.-Further
facts regarding the spiriting away OF
Bill Taylor, the Papago train robber,
on Thursday, were dug up to-day.
Running back to the time Of the mid
night stoppage OF the express train in
the wild fastness of the Arizona des-
ert, the story brought down to the APP
pearance of the ring-leader in this
city with his beldame, presents a
strikingly sensational feature.
When the robbery was reported.
Wells. Fargo & Co., at once dispatched
Detective Thacker to the scene. 1t
did not take this individual long to
fasten the crime on Bill Taylor, and
he tracked him to this city.
A wish to obtain full and incontro-
vertible evidence held back his hand,
and he satisfied himself by adopting
precautionary measures.
MAL A%cCoMPLICEs.
1t seems that on the robbed train
there were three white women, to
whom Taylor and his confederate
handed the booty Immediately after
taking it from the express car.
This they secured in valises and con-
tinued eastward for a short distance,
when they got off on the west-bound
train. They were joined on the trip
by Taylor and another woman. The
latter came to this city and secured
rooms in a small and rather shabby
looking two-story house on Amelia
street.
The preliminary steps toward secur-
ing these quarters was the arrival OF
Taylor dressed in a picturesque cow
boy costume. He introduced himself
as Frank Taylor, and informed the
mistress of the house that his wife was
stopping at the Pico House, and they
wanted to secure quiet rooms. He
seemed pleased with those shown
him, and pulling out a well-flled sack
of gold, paid S. to secure the franchise.
The rooms to which he brought his So
called wife opened out on an alleyway.
Their baggage consisted of a heavy
~valise, a guitar and a violin.
The furniture in the rooms was OF
the most meager quality, consisting OF
a pine bedroom set and a small rickety
table.
OFFICERS ON THE WATCH.
They had no sooner become DOM
iciled when an espionage, established
by Thacker, who had traced them
here, was begun, and detective slip
ped in and out of the alleyway at
short intervals night after night.
The window of the room had no cur
tains, in lieu Of which Taylor's COM
panion hung up an old dress. Through
the rents of this dress the couple
could be seen.
They were evidently fond of music,
as the woman accompanied Taylor,
who played the violin and she the
guitar.
A little table served a resting place
for an ugly old-fashioned Colts re-
volver, sawed off midway of its length
Taylor's eye but seldom left this
weapon.
The couple took their meals at 9
Chinese restaurant on Commercial
street, their sole object being, nc
doubt, to avoid coming in contact with
white people.
The woman has a fancy for loud
colors, and this indulgence in bright
gaudy apparel was the first "a O
Identification.
Thacker saw her on the street anC
pointed her out to Officer Botello with
orders not to lose sight of her and te
arrest them the moment he received 9
telegram from him to do so.
The couple Immediately after theil
meals returned to their rooms ano
rarely left them. They talked a great
deal about what they wanted to do
Taylor told Mrs. Mari, the landlady
that he had made a stake in the sa
loon business at a small town in New
Mexico, and was going to open a ga.
loon or a fruit stand here.
BECOMING SUSPICIOUS.
A week ago Taylor's suspicious were
apparently aroused, as he and the
woman suddenly left their quarters
and moved to an unfinished room in
a small shanty near the Sante Fe de.
pot. This may have been a strategic
move also, as they could board atrain
at the first alarm. They put in some
cheap furniture and again the dress
did curtain duty.
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